The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 9, 2122
Waxing Crescent
42.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
11:49 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.9%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2469
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 98.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.61° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / 5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.17° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.